Tim LaHaye
Tim LaHaye
Timothy F. "Tim" LaHayewas an American evangelical Christian minister, author, and speaker. He is best known for the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-wrote with Jerry B. Jenkins. He authored more than fifty books, both fiction and non-fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Author
Date of Birth27 April 1926
CountryUnited States of America
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One of the things that I've never run into is anyone complaining about Jerry's ability to flesh out characters, as you indicated.
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Jerry and I really made it a matter of prayer that he could be gifted to and inspired by the Holy Spirit to write what I call a believable conversion.
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There were times I didn't think we would ever make it, even when we were cranking two out a year.
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I think God has chosen to use this as a tool.
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I've written many nonfiction books, but that's a special gift.
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We've fallen in love with the characters and the people and we're dreaming about what's going to happen to them. It's really a fun experience.
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What Jerry has done, in a masterful way, is go through and select portions of the Scripture and put words in Jesus' mouth that are legitimate because they already appear in the Bible.
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One of the comments that we've heard that has really blessed us is people have been driven back to the book of Revelation to prove us wrong only to find that what we said was there.
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And then I met Jerry and he's such a creative fiction writer, and I don't know if there's ever been a team put together the way we are - where one person does the theological way out and suggestions, and the other person goes into the cave and does the fiction writing.
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Yes, in fact, it's hard to believe this, but it was almost 18 years ago when I first got the idea.
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I'm currently working on a Mind Siege for youth.
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And part of my vision is to do dynamic videos for kids.
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All people, even secular people, are seeing books on the market like The End of History.
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When I gave my life to the Lord, I thought I'd be a preacher.